Pierre Albuisson
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Pierre Albuisson is a French postage stamp
engraver
and designer.
in Mâcon
. He was quickly awarded with the French title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France
in the differents arts of engraving on copper in 1979 and 1986 and on steel in 1986.
He illustrated some novels before designing postage stamps, starting in 1981 with a stamp for Mali
representing Pierre Curie
. His first stamp for Metropolitan France
was issued 1984 and represented the Postman Cheval
's Ideal Palace.
Since February 2005, he presides the Art du timbre gravé association whose goal is to promote the use of intaglio
for stamp designing.
Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...
engraver
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
and designer.
Biography
1970's he studied in the École des Beaux-ArtsÉcole des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...
in Mâcon
Mâcon
Mâcon is a small city in central France. It is prefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department, in the region of Bourgogne, and the capital of the Mâconnais district. Mâcon is home to over 35,000 residents, called Mâconnais.-Geography:...
. He was quickly awarded with the French title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France
Meilleur Ouvrier de France
"Un des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France" is a craftsmen competition, held every four years.The title of Un des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France is a unique award in France according to category of trades in a contest between professionals. This contest is organized and recognized as a third-level degree...
in the differents arts of engraving on copper in 1979 and 1986 and on steel in 1986.
He illustrated some novels before designing postage stamps, starting in 1981 with a stamp for Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
representing Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity, and Nobel laureate. He was the son of Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly Curie ...
. His first stamp for Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France is the part of France located in Europe. It can also be described as mainland France or as the French mainland and the island of Corsica...
was issued 1984 and represented the Postman Cheval
Ferdinand Cheval
Ferdinand Cheval was a French postman who spent thirty-three years of his life building Le Palais Idéal in Hauterives...
's Ideal Palace.
Since February 2005, he presides the Art du timbre gravé association whose goal is to promote the use of intaglio
Intaglio (printmaking)
Intaglio is a family of printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface, known as the matrix or plate, and the incised line or area holds the ink. Normally, copper or zinc plates are used as a surface, and the incisions are created by etching, engraving, drypoint, aquatint or...
for stamp designing.
Stamps
Albuisson has designed stamps for the postal administrations of France, Monaco and several previous French colonies.Books illustrations
- Roger CailloisRoger CailloisRoger Caillois was a French intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together literary criticism, sociology, and philosophy by focusing on subjects as diverse as games, play and the sacred...
, Trois leçons des ténèbres, Fata Morgana, 1978 and 1989 - Marguerite YourcenarMarguerite YourcenarMarguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie française, in 1980, and the seventeenth person to occupy Seat 3.-Biography:Yourcenar was born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie...
, Écrit dans un jardin, Fata Morgana, 1992